Knives & Pens

Andy sat outside on the porch swing on a Tuesday morning alone, enjoying the warm air. Pandora and Juliet was still asleep which gave Andy the time for himself to think things over, since Saturday when Andy punched Jamie he realized he really didn’t like when Jamie’s hands were on Pandora like that. It wasn’t jealously, but Andy just really didn’t like it and he couldn’t figure out why. He knew he liked Pandora, but he hid the feelings and tried every way in the world to keep them from growing stronger for her, he knew there was never going to be a relationship between them. Pandora didn’t like him like that, or so he figured, he honestly didn’t know. Besides he knew he loved Juliet, or did he? When Juliet dumped him his heart was broken, he couldn’t believe their relationship was over. And when they got back together, he was happy, but he didn’t love her as much as he did before the break-up. He still liked her, and still loved her, just not as much as before. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, he didn’t know anymore. He didn’t want his feelings to grow for Pandora if nothing isn’t going to happen between them, he didn’t want to be disappointed for even heartbroken when didn't happen, he tried to keep the feelings under control but seems like almost everyday he found another reason to like her. He looked at the street, seeing several cars leaving their driveways and heading off to work. Andy heard the door opening and soon enough Pandora stepped outside with a smile, she was still in her pajamas and she held her Ipod in her hands. Andy grinned, and moved over to give her some room to sit beside him. Pandora sat beside him and smiled, she had one earphone in and held the Ipod in her right hand.
“What are you listening to?” Andy asked her.
“Wretched and Divine by Black Veil Brides.” Pandora replied, Andy smiled.
“I heard their a pretty awesome band.”
“Yeah you should totally listen to them one day.” Pandora said with a smile, Andy chuckled and made her giggle. They fell into silence as Pandora continued to listen to her Ipod, Andy couldn’t find the words to say, which was unusual for him since he always knew what to say to her, but maybe because he knew exactly how he felt about Pandora now for sure and it was awkward to be sitting next to her when only a few minutes ago he was thinking about how he liked her, but didn’t want his feelings to grow anymore than they already had. Pandora was going through her Ipod, looking at her Black Veil Brides play list.
“I think you should grow your hair out again.” Pandora said, snapping Andy out of his thoughts. His head snapped towards her, seeing her green eyes staring right into his eyes.
“Why do you think that?”
Pandora shrugged, then looked at her Ipod, then back up to him. “Because I miss your long hair.”
Andy chuckled. “So, you want me to grow my hair out again because you miss it?”
“Well, when you put it that way it sounds weird.” Pandora said, Andy broke into laughter and shook his head side to side.
“It would have sounded weird in anyway you put it.”
“Would not!” Pandora said, Andy chuckled and ran his fingers through his hair, which Pandora noticed he did a lot.
“Well, maybe I don’t want to grow my hair out, maybe I like it short.” Andy said, Pandora gave him a look.
“Andrew!”
“Don’t call me that!”
“Or what?!” Pandora said challengingly, getting up in his face. Andy’s eyes locked on her green eyes and he smiled with a plan, he jumped up and grabbed Pandora, slinging her over his shoulders. “Not again!!” Pandora cried, as he started to spin.
“Yep again, I will stop if you stop calling me Andrew completely!” Andy said, Pandora hated to be spin around, it was absolutely torture.
“Never!”
“Then you will stay up there until you say you will.” Andy said, still spinning. Pandora was trying to fight, but with every spin she felt a headache coming on and a sick feeling in her stomach.
“Okay I promise I won’t call you Andrew again!” Pandora said quickly, Andy smiled and stopped spinning and sat her back on the swing.
“See, was that so hard?” Andy said, sitting back down beside her.
“Yes it was honestly, and now I have a headache and I’m dizzy!” Pandora said, Andy smiled and patted her head.
“You’ll be fine sweetheart.”
“No I won’t!” Pandora paused and looked at him. “Wait, did you just call me sweetheart?” Pandora asked, her voice sounding so unexpected. Andy swallowed hard and took a minute to answer, he couldn’t tell if she was surprised or mad.
“Uh, yeah I did.” Andy replied, Pandora smiled.
“That’s sweet.” Pandora told him, Andy smiled and looked at her, a piece of his hair falling into his right eye. He pushed that piece of hair out of his eye and smiled at her.
“And you want me to grow my hair out.” Andy said, Pandora grinned.
“Yes I do, and I will still wait for you to grow it out.”
Andy rolled his eyes and shook his head side to side, he wanted to laugh, but instead he just chuckled quietly and smiled like a fool. The front door opened and Juliet came out, she was dressed and held her car keys in her right hand along with her cell phone, she looked to be in a hurry and looked a little concern.
“I’m going to go meet up with Crystal,” Juliet said, Crystal was her best friend. “I’ll be back later, okay?”
Andy nodded and stood up, walking over to her and giving her a quick kiss. Pandora “Aw” and made Andy smile and pull away from Juliet, she headed off the porch and hopped into her car. Andy stood there, watching her drive off down the road.
“That was very cute.” Pandora said, Andy looked at her with a questioning look.
“What was?”
“You kissing Juliet, Romeo.” Pandora said playfully, Andy rolled his eyes.
“Shut up.” He said with a smile, Pandora smiled.
“What? It’s cute, Romeo and Juliet.” Pandora told him, Andy shook his head side to side with a smile forming on his face.
“Shut up Pandora, or I’ll spin you.” Andy threatened with a huge smile, Pandora held up her hands, defending.
“Okay, I’ll shut up.”
Andy sat back down beside her and relaxed, they went silent for a few while Andy thought about what they’ll do today. It was only eleven now, and he hadn’t had breakfast and he’s sure Pandora hasn’t. He thought about taking her out to breakfast, but then he wondered if that would be weird since it would only be him and her. He looked over at her and saw her back on her Ipod listening to music again, he smirked.
“Hey,” He tapped her shoulder and got her attention, she pulled out one earphone and looked up at him questioning. “Let’s go get some breakfast, we’ll head out somewhere.”
Pandora nodded and turned off her Ipod, pulling out the other earphone. “That works with me.” She said, she stood up and headed inside.
Just friends. Just friends, don’t ruin that. Andy thought to himself.



Andy was sitting in the mustang with the engine on waiting for Pandora, she told him one more minute before he went outside, it’s now been five minutes. Andy waited patiently though, knowing she was a teenage girl and they took forever to get ready. Finally, he saw the front door open and Pandora came out on the porch. He smiled and watched her approached the mustang to the passenger side, he watched her get inside and buckle up. He saw her Ipod in her hand and saw her about to put the earphones in, he grabbed the Ipod and took it away, she gasped.
“Andy!”
“What?” He asked, grabbing a cord that was hooked to the radio, he plugged the Ipod up to the radio and turned up the volume and heard she was listening to Fall Out Boy - Alone Together. Pandora smiled and leaned back against the seat, as he pulled out of the driveway.
“Nothing.” Pandora replied, Andy smiled and drove down the street. Andy didn’t know where they were going to go eat breakfast at, he knew he didn’t want Ihop, but he didn’t know what he wanted. He drove in silence, listening to Pandora’s Ipod play list continue to play. The next song that came on was Black Veil Brides - Sweet Blasphemy, Andy heard a soft female voice, he took a quick glance at Pandora and saw her singing softly. Andy smiled, turning his head back towards the road and begin singing along with her. Andy decided to go to Square One Dining in town which wasn’t far from them now, they arrived and Andy parked close to the diner. He cut off the engine and looked at Pandora, seeing a smile on her face, she was looking at him and the way the sun shined through her window and into her hair made her glow. Andy swallowed hard and looked away, he unbuckled and opened the passenger door, pulling up his hoodie and grabbing his dark sun glasses.
“You ready?” Andy asked, Pandora nodded and hopped out of the mustang.
“No fans will realize this is your mustang, right?” Pandora asked once she closed the passenger door, she rushed over to Andy’s side and put her hands in her hoodie’s pocket.
“Surely not, if they do we might be here a little longer.” Andy said, Pandora smiled and followed him to the diner. It didn’t look so pack from the outside, but there was a lot of people enjoying breakfast. The waitress was giving Andy a strange look, but didn’t ask why he was wearing a hoodie and sunglasses indoors. The waitress led them to a booth and handed them their menu’s, they both ordered sweet tea and waited until the waitress walked away before they started talking.
“I still think you should grow your hair out.” Pandora said, opening the menu and going through it. Andy smirked and shook his head, opening his menu.
“Your not going to let that go until I grow it out, am I right?”
“Yes, you are right.” Pandora replied, Andy chuckled softly.
“We’ll see.”
Pandora looked at him, with a smile. “So, does that mean you’ll think about growing your hair back out?”
Andy shrugged his shoulders and took off his sunglasses, laying them on the table. “I don’t know, maybe.”
That’s when the waitress arrived with their drinks, Pandora ordered Pancakes and Bacon along with Eggs and Andy ordered a omelette. Pandora put the straw in her drink and sipped lightly, before asking Andy a question.
“Do you wish Juliet could come to?”
Andy was drinking his drink when she asked that, he set the drink down and rubbed his hands together, trying to think of the answer. He honestly hadn’t thought about it, he was enjoying the time with his best friend alone. But maybe he did wish Juliet could’ve come to?
“Not really.” Andy replied, Pandora nodded and started to think of what else they could talk about.
“Are you still going to ask her to marry you?”
Andy shook his head side to side lightly. “No, I decided to take your advice and wait for a while.”
Pandora smiled, feeling proud of herself for giving him helpful advice, that was the first time someone took her advice or her even giving someone advice.
“I think that’s for the best.” Pandora told him, Andy nodded in agreement.
Suddenly Pandora’s cell phone started to ring, Knives & Pens playing as the ringtone as loud as possible. Pandora’s cheeks turned red in embarrassment as she searched her pockets for the phone, everyone was staring and giving weird looks, waiting for her to stop the music. She felt the coolness of the phone under her finger tips and pulled the phone out, putting the phone on vibrate and looking at the text from Jamie. Since Saturday night, Jamie has been texting Pandora trying to get back together but Pandora wouldn’t do it because of what he said, every response was a no, but Jamie didn’t gave up.
“That was hilarious, you should’ve seen how red you got!” Andy said with a huge smile, almost laughing. Pandora smiled and pushed her phone back into her jeans pocket and leaned back up against the seat.
“I forgot I had the volume all the way up.” Pandora said, Andy smiled.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ve done that before and people gave me weird looks.”
The waitress returned with the food, after setting the plates down she walked away after asking if they needed anything else.
“I wanted to ask you something, me and the boys already agreed on it.” Andy said, Pandora looked up at Andy after pouring syrup on her pancake.
“What’s that?”
“In the music video for In The End, I want you to be in the music video for just four or five seconds.” Andy said, Pandora’s jaw dropped open in shock.
“What? Are you serious? You want me in the video for In The End?”
Andy chuckled and smiled, he was hoping she liked that idea. “Yeah, if you want to though. If you don’t, I can find someone else.”
“What no! I want to, I just can’t believe your asking me. This is so awesome!” Pandora said, her expression still shocked. Andy chuckled again, glad he was getting this reaction.
“Of course I’m asking you, you’re my best friend. Plus, all the boys agreed and thought it was an awesome idea.” Andy said, cutting a piece of his omelette and eating it.
“Wow,” Pandora said, her voice fading as this moment soaked in. “I can’t believe I’m going to be in a Black Veil Brides music video!” She said excitedly, Andy chuckled again, this was actually awesome to see her excited about this.
“Believe it, we already discussed how we want the video done. It’s just going to take a lot of work to get it done.” Andy said, Pandora smiled.
“This will be so awesome, thank you so much Andy for asking me.” Pandora said, getting up from her seat and hugging him quickly. Andy hugged back and smiled, he was glad he made her happy.
“No problem at all, maybe I could find another position for you to be in.”
Pandora pulled back from the hug and looked at him. “You really want my inner fan girl to come out don’t you?”
Andy chuckled, and watched her took her seat. “No, I’m just being an awesome friend.”
“You already won that award.” Pandora told him, cutting a piece of pancake and chewing it. She couldn’t wait to be in the music video, she never expected Andy to ask her if she wanted to be in the video, she figured he’ll find someone whose experienced but he asked her, whose not experienced. He had faith in her, that she would do absolutely great. Once they had their breakfast they left the diner easily without Andy getting noticed by fans, they arrived at the house at two and Juliet was still out with her best friend Crystal so they laid around on the couch watching Batman until they both fell to sleep…

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